ILMINSTER NEWS: £2k for Ilminster Literary Festival thanks to Tesco

THE sale of 5p plastic carrier bags at Tesco has certainly made good reading for organisers of the Ilminster Literary Festival.

Every two months the Tesco store in Shudrick Lane gives out £7,000 to three local groups or organisations deserving of financial support as part of the supermarket giant’s Bags of Help community grant scheme.

The national Tesco scheme is funded by money raised from the 5p plastic carrier bag charge and thousands of projects across the country have been backed.

The Ilminster store gives out cheques for £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 six times a year and these latest handouts saw Ilminster Arts Centre receive the biggest handout and the Ilminster Literary Festival receiving a much-welcomed £2,000.

Brenda Lake, of the Ilminster Literary Festival, was on hand to receive the cheque from Tesco representatives, Deputy Mayor of Ilminster, Cllr Julie Fowler, and Richard Younger-Ross, who is an enabler with the Groundwork charity which helps and encourages community groups to apply for grants from the Bags of Help scheme.

Broadway and Horton Cricket Club received £1,000 from the Bags of Help scheme.

PHOTO – TOP: Ilminster Tesco store manager Sara Goodchild, Brenda Lake of Ilminster Literary Festival, Deputy Mayor of Ilminster Cllr Julie Fowler, Ilminster Tesco’s community champion Helena Jones, and Groundwork enabler Richard Younger-Ross.

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